Undergarment



- UNITED STATES PATENT oratori..

MORRIS BARROW, NEVI YORK, Y.

UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pttn'ted FLl 19213.

Applicationiled February 12, 1918, Se'riaLNo. 216,753. Renewed July8,919. Serial No. 309,479.

' To all v'whom it may f'oiccrn'.' l

`Be it known that I, Monnls Bannon", ik

citizen of the United States, anda reside of the city of New York,borough of Main hatten, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Underearment of which thefollowimnis a`full, clear, and enact description.

Theinvention relates to wearing apparel and its object is to provide anew and improved underga'rment, such-as an envelop chemise and the like,arranged to provide the desired fullness for sanitary and other purposeswithout producing an undesirable bulging at the hips andv impairment ofthe hang and appearance of the undergarment In order to accom lishthedesired result.`

the unitary body of t i garment is provided with short legs, eachlia-ving at the outer sidev folds extending from the hips downwardly tothe/'lower ends of theflegs and forming integral parts thereof.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theViews.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the undergarment as worn and with thefolds in normal position g.

. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the same and showing the undergarmentextended atone leg thereof;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the lindergarment Fig. e is an enlargedsectionalplan View of one of the legs of the undergarment, .the sectionbeing on the line l--l of Fig. l;

- Fig.' -5 is a `similar' View of the samefwith the'folds extended; and

Fig. 6 is a cross section of the same on theline 6-6 of Fig. 4.

The unitary body l() of the undergarment is provided with the usualshoulder straps l1 for 'supporting the undergarment from the shouldersof the wearer. The lower por- `tion. of the body 10 terminates in shortlegs l2, each of whichis providcd at the outer side with folds or plaits13 extending downwardlyfrom a point 14 Located approxi- ,the other andgradually increasing in width from tbe hips downward to the lower endsof tl1e'legs, of which the folds or plaits 13 form integral parts.,v Itwill be noticed that by the'arrangement described, the folds normallyoi'erlie each other and hang straight downward thus preventing unduebulging at the sides o'f the g'arrnent, as will be readily understood byreference t9 Figs. l, 3, 4e and 6. It will lfurtherbe noticed that forsanitary or other purposes the legs may be enlarged or opened up to the'full width at the lower ends ofthe folds, as plainly indicated in Figs.2 and 5 thus insuring the deu sired comfort'to the wearer. It will alsobe noticed thatby the arrangement described the legs of the garmentremain circumferentially of'unbroke'n continuity whether the folds areclosed or opened up.

.In practice each leg 112 is split at the enter side and the folds orplaits areformedof a single piece inserted at the said siit;

Having thus described my invention,

claim as new and Patenty In an undergarrnent of the characterde desireto `secure byLetters scribed, a unitary body having short'legs 'MonatsBARRow.

piece normally overlying-"each other and be.`

